Alexander yotjdelman



A/YOUDELMAN.

TIP ATTACHING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-4.1919.

1,326,81 9. Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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' WITNESSES nrromvsrs ALEXANDER YOUDELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIP-ATTACHING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 4, 1919. Serial No. 269,712.

To "all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER YOUDEL- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedTip-Attaching Implement, of which the followingjis a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved implementor hand tool more especially designed for attaching metallic tips to theends. of strings such as are used for lacing shoes, corsets and likearticles, and arranged to enable the user to readily replace a worn outor broken tip by a new one. Another object is to enable the user toproperly manipulate the tool without requiring undue physical exertion.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming. a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the tip attaching implement onthe line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the jaws in closedposition and with the tip fastened in place to the string;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a tip blank; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tip in position on the end of a shoestring.

The tip attaching implement or tool comprises essentially a fixed jaw 10and a movable jaw 11, of which the fixed jaw 10 is secured to ahorizontally disposed arm 12 formed angularly on one end of a handle 13adapted to be grasped with one hand by the user. The arm 12 of the fixedjaw 10 is provided with connecting portions near the free end andinwardly thereof, located on difierent and substantially parallelplanes, the portion at the free end bearing the fixed jaw 10 and havingthe movable jaw 11 operating therebetween. The opposite faces of thefixed and movable jaws 10 and 11 are provided with recesses 15 and 16for receiving between them a U-shaped metal clip blank 17 into which isinserted one end 18 of a string 19 to be provided with the tip 20. Onmoving the jaw 11 toward the fixed jaw 10 the tip blank 17 is closedaround the end 18 of the spring 19 to form a tip and to fasten the samein placeon the end 18 of the string 19.

The movable jaw 11 is provided with a forwardly extending closing member25 adapted to pass over the top of the fixed jaw 10 prior to the jaws 10and 11 bending the-tip blank 17 into position on the end 18 of thestring 19. By this arrangement the tip and the string. are not liable tobecome accidentally displaced while moving the jaw 11 into closingposition toward the jaw 10.

The arm 12 is preferably made in an inverted U-sliape in cross sectionto provide a bearing or a guideway for the rearwardly extending shank 26of the movable jaw 11, the forward end of which rests on the top of thearm 12, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The under side of the shank 26is provided with rack teeth 27 in mesh with a toothed segment 28 formedon a lever 29 fulcrumed on a pivot 30 held in the side members of thearm 12. The lever 29 is provided with a depending handle 31 arrangedopposite the handle 13 so as to be readily grasped by the fingers of thehand having hold of the handle 13, as previously mentioned. A spring 32is interposed between the handles 13 and 31 to normally hold the lever29 and consequently the jaw 11 in the open position illustrated inFig. 1. The lower end of the handle 31 is provided with a return bend 33in which screws a stop screw 3 1 adapted to abut against the free end ofthe handle 13 to limit the closing movement of the lever 29 and that ofthe movable jaw 11. It is understood that by adjusting the stop screw 31 the forward movement of the jaw 11 is limited to insure a properattaching of the tip to the end of the string according to the thicknessof said string.

The implement or tool described is very simple in construction and canbe conveniently manipulated without undue physical exertion on the partof the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprisinga pair of coacting fixed and movable jaws adapted to attach a U-shapedtip blank to a string, a handl having an angular arm on which one ofsaid jaws is fixed, the said handle arm having a bottom inwardly facingguideway for the said movable jaw to slide in toward and from the fixedjaw and closed at the top, the said movable jaw having rack teeth at theunder Side, and a lever fulcrumed on the said arm beneath and covered bysaid guideway and having a handle opposite the said first named handle,the said lever having a toothed segment in mesh with the said rackteeth.

2. A tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprising a pair of coactingfixed and movable jaws adapted to attach a U-shaped tip blank to astring, a handle having an angular arm on which one of the said jaws isfixed, said arms being provided with con tinuously closed connectingportions located 011 difierent substantially parallel planes at the freeend of the arm and inwardly thereof, the connecting portion at the freend bearing the fixed jaw on the top thereof and the movable jawoperating beneath the connecting portion at the inner end of the arm,the said handl arm having a guidewa-y for the said movable jaw to slidein toward and from the fixed jaw, the said movable jaw having rack teethat the under side, a lever fulcrumed on the said arm and having a handleopposite the said firstnamed handle, the said lever having a toothedsegment in mesh with the said rack teeth, and a spring interposedbetween the said handles.

8. A hand tool for attaching a tip to a string, comprising a handlehaving an angular arm of channel-shaped cross section and having closedconnecting portions located on different substantially parallel planesto provide a guideway therebetween, a stationary jaw secured to theconnecting portion at the free end of th arm, a movable jaw having anextension slidable in the guideway beneath the other connection portion,and a handle pivoted to the firstnamed handle and operatively connectedwith the movable aw for shifting the same, said jaws having coactingrecesses. j

4:. In a tool of the class described, an angular handle having an armportion substantially at right angles thereto and of U-shaped crosssection, said arm having spaced parallel connecting portions located oneinwardly of the other, a jaw fixed to one portion and having a recess atits inner end, a jaw movable between said portions and having a recessand an overhanging portion to cooperate with the fixed jaw, a handlepivoted to the first-named handle for reciprocating the movable jaw, thesecond-named handle having a return bend directed toward the first-namedhandle, means for normally separating the handles and an adjustable stopmember in the free end of the second-named handle to engage thefirstnamed handle and limit the movement of the second-named handletoward the firstnamed handle and regulate the cooperative engagement ofthe jaws.

AL XANDER YOUDELMAN.

